Originally posted on xyHt.com “Can I have a map?” How often do you get someone ask “can I have a map”?….I have nothing against making maps, in fact I like it so much that I have made a career out of it. Not just any map either, I’ve made maps for the Nuclear, Environmental, Government, […]

As you may be aware, the United Kingdom has a new transformation model that is OSTN15…..But why? What does it mean to the geospatial community? Without being too nerdy, tectonic plate movement means that the “model” surface (the geoid) is slowly moving from best fit for the coordinate system. It has been 13yrs since Ordnance […]

Originally posted on xyHt Magazine 10th August 2016 Last month I was at the Maptime in Southampton (UK), helping QGIS new users how to join tables and map EU referendum maps when I came across an issue with something on QGIS I hadn’t spotted in the last *ahem* years of using it. When you drag […]

Like the blog?….always want to be kept up to date and be notified of new posts? There is now an Android app available and you can download here As well as getting the super awesome Spatial blog on your android device, you can also store your favourite posts to read offline. How cool is that? […]

Ever since I started working in the renewables industry on offshore wind farms over 8yrs ago and had to analyse shipwrecks, I thought about how much more interactive and informative shipwreck analysis would be in 3D. There are many companies out there at the moment who produce the most amazing visualisations, where is the ability […]

Originally posted on xyHt Magazine 12/7/2016 Six months ago when I claimed that augmented reality was the future of GIS and geospatial services and it was met with a few sniggers. This week has seen the arrival of Pokémon Go, one of the most popular games hit the mobile phone market….and yes, it is […]